St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-18
The Zenith City Team Goes Down in One
of the Most Holly Contested
Games Of the Season.
Milwaukee Loses One Game to La Crosse
and Then Administers Crushing
Defeat to the Latter.
st. Paul on Even Terms With Milwaukee
for the Pennant-- League and
American Association.
Brooklyn, Louisville and st. Louis the
Winners Of Yesterdays American
Association Contests.

The $500 people who witnessed the
game between st. Paul and Duluth yes
terday afternoon exercised their lungs
to a greater extent than ever before
this season. The game was so evenly
contested that it hung in the balance
until the last man was retired in the
ninth inning. and the excitement was
intense from the fourth inning to the
finish. st. Paul took the lead in the
first inning, but Duluth WreSted it from
her by hard hitting in the fourth, much
to the delight of the $50 Zenith
City visitors in the grand stand. St.
Paul again secured the lead i'll the sixth
and held it by narrow margin to the
end, the score being 9 to s. The field
ing of ST. Paul was at times very poor,
notably in the seventh inning, while
that of the visitors was at all times
sharp and pretty. Fine catches were
made by Jones at center and Mcmillan
at left, and Scheibeck made pretty
stop and throw of Pickett's grOunder.
For st. Paul Cleveland and Pickett
each caught two difficult flies. BrewS-
ter,
THE CALIFORNIA PHENOMENON.
was wild, but was not hit hard. He
played in good luck, however, as the
ball was often hit into the hands of the
Outfielders. Viau was quite successful
in puzzling the Zenith City lads except
in the fourth inning, when four singles
and two doubles were made in quick
succession. The game was started at
3:10, as it looked as though rain would
prevent its being played out. Murphy
proved good waiter and got his base on
halls WilmOt folloWaH with aanhla
to right and Cleveland's single to the
same garden enabled them both to
score. McCauley was presented with
base, and Cleveland was retired at third
on StOckwellS grOunder to short.
Pickett made the run to first on Quinn's
tumble at second, being the third man
on bases. with only one out. Crooks
struck out, and SOwders popped up
little fly to second. Duluth did not
score until the fourth inning, when
singles by Quinn, Mcmillan, Scheibeck
and Kemmler, doubles by Jones and
Brewster and a muff by McCauIey
yielded four runs. In the sixth inning
for st. Paul singles by Stockwell, Niau
and Murphy, bases on balls to Crooks
and SOwders and numerous stolen bases
yielded
FOUR EARNED RUNS.
tumble at short, wild pitch, double
by Pickett and single by Sowders. In
the same inning Duluth gots in two
runs Oh two fumbleS at short, Quinn'S
double and an out. In st. Paul's eighth
Murphy scored on his hit to right, a
passed ball. steal and tumble at
third. Duluth then, amid great excite
ment, added two to its score, and got
two men on bases with only one out.
Pickett, however, made splendid catch
of Quinn'S short fly, and Crooks relieved
the suspense by cutting Off Jones
from second to first. In the ninth in
ming st. Paul went out one, two, three,
and the crowd settled down into state
of breathleSS expectancy. ''Reddy" Nc
MILAN swung the willow and soon got a
ball to suit him, which he hit fei ocious
whack to deep center. Murphy, how
ever, got under it and a storm of ap-
plause broke forth. Ingraham next
stepped to the plate and drove the ball
to safe place i'll center and stole Sec
Ond. There was only one man out, and
a single was all that was needed to tie
the score.
WOULD THEY GET IT?
Scheibeck banged the plate and
squared himself, ,andViau nerved himself
to his work and vigorously chewed his
quid of gum. He pitched five balls
with lightning speed, two of which
Scheibeck struck at, one was called a
ball and the other two strikes. The sec
ond man was out and little applause
was heard here and there, but the sus-
pense was too great. Quiet was the
order of the day. ROurke. the big young
man from Omaha. then advanced, will
low in hand. Still a hit was all
that was needed to tie the score. ROurke
struck viciously at the ball twice with
out touching it. The third one he hit
sharp crack. 1t struck the ground in
front of Viau and bounded high in the
air. The little pitcher jumped for it,
got it and sent it to first just in time to
catch the runner. Then the applause
broke forth in dead earnest. Hats and
cushions flew in every direction, and the
echo of the shout that went up is still
reverberating from the SANITY City
hills. The score is as follows: